Don't be fooled—TES only took one game back, but for them, it wasn't that simple.
Because those first two games were pure suffering.
The moment they won, in comms, JackeyLove, Tian, even Zoom were shouting.
Their mentality snapped back instantly thanks to that one win.
For a pro player, how important a good mindset is… goes without saying.
There were countless blood-soaked examples right in front of everyone—though calling them out might be a bit disrespectful "to the gods."
Sure enough, once the correct person returned, the whole team became completely different.
Brother Infinite Borders is strong!
If White Moon ever dares let that shit hand start again, then just dogpile White Moon directly!
TES needed Brother Infinite Borders too much.
The moment he subbed in, the whole team looked brand new—massive change.
…
"There's no suspense for MVP this game, right? What do you guys think?" Wawa asked with a smile.
"I honestly can't think of how you don't give MVP to Brother Infinite Borders. A 12–0 Akali that controlled the entire game—his presence was everywhere from start to finish. That's why TES snowballed so fast. My vote is definitely his."
"Same. I'm voting Brother Infinite Borders too." Gugu said, smiling excitedly—her fan identity was completely confirmed.
"I didn't expect his performance to be this exaggerated. That Akali pick was two words: stunning. It looks like those first two losses didn't pressure him at all."
"Honestly, what I want to ask is… his champion pool. I've been following Brother Infinite Borders. I haven't missed a single stream. If there's a chance in the post-match interview, we should ask." Wawa looked puzzled.
The moment he said that, everyone understood.
Brother Infinite Borders' streams were pure "not doing his job."
Hanging out with Gangzi and the others every day—his stubborn trash talk skill shot up tenfold.
Not quite to Gangzi's level—burned down until only his mouth is left—but close.
"Mm, that's true. But I think it's mostly talent. The talent is there—he only needs a tiny bit of effort." 957 thought for a moment and chose his words.
Chat reacted strongly to that line.
"Effort my ass! This is all talent!"
"Brother Infinite Borders' only time touching League is when he's playing on stage."
"Yare—this talent not going pro in PUBG is a waste."
"Bullshit. Apex Legends is the final destination. Brother Infinite Borders learns way too fast—give him two more weeks and he can enter tournaments."
"Anyway, I'm looking forward to the TFT competition. A League pro going over there and winning would be hilarious."
TES's huge win made a reverse sweep possible.
V5's pressure skyrocketed. Their backstage lounge was heavy with gloom.
Winning two games and then getting flipped… that would be embarrassing.
V5's coach didn't even know what to say.
With the break time they had, he let them breathe first, calm down, then he'd try some motivational soup.
He believed Game 4 could still be taken in one push.
After a bit, Rookie broke the silence.
"My early game was the big problem. I let their mid-jungle snowball too fast. Otherwise Akali could never have taken over."
"It's fine. We still have two match points. Everyone, pull yourselves together. dine has a deep champion pool, sure, but their coach was way too arrogant—he let Knight gift them two games. We absolutely won't lose three in a row!"
"Honestly, no one expected we could take Spring Split #1 at the start. And now we're here—what does that prove? We have strength!"
…
With Rookie taking the blame first and the coach encouraging them, V5 quickly recovered.
Even after losing one game, they still led by two match points.
The advantage was enormous.
No problem.
Just win one more game!
…
Soon, Game 4 began!
Even though the series had reached Game 4, the first three games were all lopsided stomps.
From the official 4:30 start until now, it wasn't even 6:00 yet.
The pace of this series was beyond everyone's expectations.
Because it was pure drama—
the scale of victory kept swinging between the two teams, teasing everyone's nerves.
Until the final moment, nobody dared say who the winner would be.
Especially after Brother Infinite Borders subbed in.
People were excited. They wanted to see whether the reverse-sweep miracle would happen.
Looking back at historical records, this was rare.
The most classic was EDG reverse-sweeping RNG and shattering Uzi's first title into a dream.
Of course, this match had plenty of discussion too.
Swap one mid laner, and the entire team looked like a different roster.
Was Knight the problem, or was TES "acting" against him?
But from the on-stage performance, people leaned toward: Knight was the one dragging them down.
Everyone could see the laning—he got smashed the moment the game started and couldn't pressure Rookie at all.
So the stream viewership surged even further.
Popularity broke forty million.
It even surpassed the "esports gala," pushing toward finals-level heat.
It was mainly because of Brother Infinite Borders.
Over the past half month he'd been trending nonstop, and all the games he played pulled in other fan groups.
So his topic value stayed extremely high.
Then he subbed in and won in a crushing way—of course everyone wanted to see Game 4.
TES vs V5 Game 4 quietly climbed Weibo trending too.
In just ten-plus minutes, it reached the top twenty.
With the crowd's cheers, Game 4 began!
TES was on blue side this game, and in that case, Lin Fan's Twisted Fate returned again.
For V5, this champion might actually be the easiest to handle.
Twisted Fate's lane strength isn't high, so Rookie's pressure wouldn't be as big.
As long as he stabilized and farmed, there'd be something to say mid-to-late.
As for roams—just keep eyes on the side lanes, set up vision, and don't give TF grab opportunities…
But before Twisted Fate even started roaming, JackeyLove's Draven already won lane.
Two axes and he chopped Photic's flash out.
V5 finally exhaled a little… but JackeyLove, empowered by the previous stomp and trusting that Lin Fan would always stand up when he fell behind, played with outrageous aggression.
That one exchange planted invisible pressure on V5's heads.
"Kill him. No flash—free kill!" JackeyLove's voice was filled with bloodlust.
With Fan-ge in, he couldn't keep relying on Fan-ge to carry!
He had highlight reels too—Flash forward Xayah.
A hot-blooded kid couldn't always be the one getting carried.
But after Twisted Fate repeatedly went bot and helped JackeyLove pick up two kills, his mentality shifted instantly.
"With Fan-ge here, I don't want to try hard anymore."
Two yellow cards, free kills—why bother forcing lane domination?
Just scale and three-hit someone, isn't that better?
After that, Lin Fan kept "opening the heavens," dragging Tian into 4v2 dives.
Picking Twisted Fate was basically telling V5 directly: we're ganking bot. Can you stop it?
From the results—V5's bot lane couldn't stop it.
Most importantly, Photic's Flash got forced early in lane.
Lin Fan burned flash + gold card to forcibly give JackeyLove a lead.
At ten minutes, V5's bot duo was isolated and jailed.
This time, bot outer turret dropped the moment they got caught.
Even worse, Draven solo-took first turret!
And that wasn't even the scariest part.
The scariest part was: this was JackeyLove's Draven.
There are many "best Dravens," but when you mention that champion, the ID JackeyLove is always on the list.
The moment he recalled, it was "one-and-a-half items," and tempo instantly maxed out.
The duo rotated mid and JackeyLove ate mid turret plates too.
At this point, V5 wore the "mask of pain" whenever they saw Draven.
Damn it—two-hit kills instead of three-hit kills were coming.
How did they feed him that fat?
At 15 minutes, TES's gold lead blasted to 7,500.
Twisted Fate's second item choice—Rapid Firecannon—told you everything.
This game was played around Draven.
Stun them, let JackeyLove output with zero pressure.
Of course, V5 fans still had fantasies.
After all, JackeyLove inherits the tradition—he can die easily.
If he ints a key fight, V5's comp could comeback!
But TES didn't rush.
Unlike last game, with one less output point, even with a huge lead, they didn't start Baron at 20.
Instead, with Lin Fan's point-and-click control, they caught Karsa's Viego first—then started Baron.
With no choice, V5 grouped as four and pushed in.
But in the face of overwhelming gap, they shattered on contact.
JackeyLove didn't even want to use his ultimate; it would slow his output.
Two axes and the frontline dropped.
Draven's spinning blades made the remaining three lose all courage to engage.
At 25 minutes, with Baron's death cry, TES secured their first Baron.
With Baron buff, they grouped and pushed straight in.
Twisted Fate, yellow card over his head, made V5 too scared to defend.
Mid tier-two fell. Mid inhibitor fell.
If V5 kept giving, their base would be gone.
They weren't EDG—they didn't have that "fine tradition" of letting the base almost die.
Under Rookie's lead, V5 chose one last fight!
But against Draven's ridiculous damage, even trading for one kill was their limit.
The ace sound echoed through the arena again.
As the Nexus exploded, Rookie let out a long sigh.
There was still one game left, but his heart felt ice-cold.
In the moment the base exploded, he seemed to already see the ending of today's series:
Reverse sweep.
Game 5—decider match!
The moment ban-pick began, the battle song felt like it was about to play.
That familiar sound made countless people excited.
At this pace, reverse sweep was happening today!
Esports really was a place of miracles!
This game was both teams at their highest level.
V5 was determined not to leave regrets.
TES was giving everything.
At 27 minutes, both teams' faces were deadly serious.
Kill score 7–10. TES led by three kills, but the gold lead was only 1,500.
They were locked tight.
Lin Fan was on LeBlanc in Game 5.
His score was 4–1–3, putting enormous pressure on V5's three carries.
One combo could delete a squishy.
So Lin Fan kept finding angles from the side—he never showed on the front line.
That let TES control the objective fights.
But LeBlanc was strongest in early-to-mid.
If the game dragged, things wouldn't look as good.
"Tian, in the next fight you blow up the formation. I'll find the angle to one-shot!" Lin Fan's tone was firm.
Because time wasn't on their side.
He didn't expect V5 to be this tough in Game 5.
After losing two games, they still didn't collapse.
"Okay!" Tian nodded hard.
No one was more suited for it than him.
Hecarim, in teamfights, exists to charge into the crowd.
At 30 minutes, under Lin Fan's calls, TES used Baron to force a fight.
V5 was careful as they moved toward the pit.
Step by step, control wards everywhere—terrified LeBlanc would come from the side.
But in reality, Lin Fan was crouched in the brush above mid.
This fight depended on Tian's ultimate!
When V5 grouped and appeared, the instant they showed, Tian popped E and Ghost and slammed in with ultimate—fear!
In the tiny fear window, LeBlanc W–R faceplanted, then QE procced Electrocute plus the second hit damage and instantly deleted Aphelios!
In that instant, the whole arena screamed:
"Ahhhhh!" TES era—boiling expectation!
"Brother Infinite Borders!"
"Brother Infinite Borders!"
At 30 minutes, deleting a carry like that meant V5 had no competitive ability left.
TES chased immediately.
JackeyLove's Zeri started spraying.
In the chase, V5 only had top and mid survive.
TES turned back and took Baron!
From that moment, the victory scale tilted toward TES.
With Baron buff macro, by 35 minutes, TES had broken two V5 inhibitors.
At 36 minutes, TES secured "electric dragon soul."
At 38 minutes, with the oppressive damage from electric dragon soul, they forced a fight and traded 3-for-5.
Lin Fan picked up a triple kill in the teamfight.
Even without an ADC at that time, it was enough to end the game through Nexus turrets and base.
The decider match froze at 38:37!
The moment the game ended, the TES players excitedly hugged together.
"Shit, this intensity—I thought we just finished Worlds."
"Tired, but so damn good. Reverse sweep!"
"Reverse my ass. Those first two games were pure skill issue…" Tian complained, but from his smile you could tell he was ecstatic.
Stage lights flashed nonstop.
Wawa shouted excitedly:
"TES really did it—reverse sweep, completing the reverse sweep miracle! Let's give them a round of applause. This is a truly resilient team."
"And V5 fans, don't be too disappointed. They still have a chance. Through their own effort, they can return to the finals stage."
But nobody cared what the casters said anymore.
Everyone went crazy in stream chat, on official Weibo, in QQ groups, and in forums.
Tonight was the night of miracles!
As for Knight?
No one cared whether he lived or died.
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